Re: [ubuntu-marketing] How to convert a cyber cafe owner to Ubuntu?

2012-01-27 Thread Martin Owens
e the advantages of learning more about Ubuntu himself directly. Get his personal computer dual booting and get him into the whole free and open source and idea. Good luck! Best Regards, Martin Owens On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 23:01 +0530, vibhav pant wrote: > There is this guy in my area who owns

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Feedback

2012-01-25 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Alessandro, I've never heard of the Ubuntu Feedback project. Could you provide a link to us who aren't sure what you mean? Best Regards, Martin Owens On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 22:16 +0100, Alessandro Losavio wrote: > I would know if the Ubuntu Feedback project will st

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] new request

2012-01-11 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Ravi, Welcome to the community. What kind of marketing would you like to be involved with? Martin, On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 09:00 -0500, ravi nagvekar wrote: > Would like to join this community. -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] How do I get permission to use commercial music?

2011-09-08 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Jo-Erlend, If you're using an existing recording (performance) then you need to get permission from the publisher of that work for use of the copyright on that performance. You also may need, or if it's a new performance; permission from the people who own the copyright on the lyrics and music

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Press releases .....

2011-08-02 Thread Martin Owens
nnouncements, it just doesn't submit them to news media. Something that I think it has a right to do as citizen journalists alone (let alone fellow developers) ;-) Best Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu ad banner

2011-03-25 Thread Martin Owens
're ok with formatting the advert yourself, there is some really good content on spreadubuntu: http://spreadubuntu.org/ If you need help, let us know. Best Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] anyone alive ?

2011-02-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 20:40 +0100, Joseph Boosten wrote: > > I just joined and i was wondering if something happens here? Things do happen, but they're spread out between spread-ubuntu (where you post media), ubuntu-artists (where you make art) and OMG and the LoCo teams which seem to cover the

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 21:47 -0700, Paul Bartell wrote: > Making ubuntu systems truly manageable centrally takes some work. > Windows server allows quite a bit of easy central configuration that > takes a lot more work to implement in a linux OS. Isn't part of this problem the fact that systems ad

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] How do we syndicate videos for a LoCo?

2010-09-14 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 03:41 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > To me, the obvious choice is YouTube, not only because it's the most > well known video sharing website, but also because of our ties -- on > all levels -- to Google. I would recommend blip.tv, they accept ogg, they distribute the

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] How do we encourage game developers to work with Linux?

2010-09-11 Thread Martin Owens
First your arguing that FOSS isn't commercial (which is very wrong), then your arguing that we have a social problem with expecting peer reviewed code. And finally you wrap it up with a market size argument. So which is it? Is Ubuntu not a big enough target or are we just jerks to poor developers

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Game Developers

2010-09-09 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Lisandro, On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 18:57 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > > How do we encourage game developers to work with Linux? Which game developers? The market is split into several categories some of which already work with "Linux" (whatever that means) P.S. Please don't post your cont

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining targets

2010-08-30 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 10:07 +0200, Paolo Sammicheli wrote: > > - Hardware (OEM) Focused by Canonical (Oem program) > - Services (Business) Focused by Canonical (Partnership program) > - Demand (Users) Focused by the Community (Marketing Teams, LoCos, > etc) > > Martin, could you try to reppresent

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-29 Thread Martin Owens
I put a new image on the page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/marketing/guidelines Martin, On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 00:34 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > It looks fantastic, my question is, where would we put that image? and > also where would be the link to the MK page? > > Maybe we could make a littl

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining targets

2010-08-29 Thread Martin Owens
the normal everyday (MS) and fear of not being cool (Apple). Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-29 Thread Martin Owens
I think it's awesome, I was inspired to have a play with some graphics: http://imagebin.ca/view/7W26EJu.html Martin, On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 00:30 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > > If we give it the final push it might set the basis for the marketing > campaign. What do you all think? -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining targets

2010-08-23 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 07:44 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > 1. Those who doesn't know and care. Our goal is to make them want to > try it. > 2. The ones who are interested, but feel the obstacle is too great. > 3. Those who have installed it: We make them want to keep it. > 4. Dualbooters: We i

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies

2010-08-21 Thread Martin Owens
On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 09:25 -0400, Mike Feravolo wrote: > If all you want to do hear is debate what "Free and Open Source > Software" or "Software Freedom" is all about, then change the name to > the "Debate Team". We thought the objective here is to promote Ubuntu > a > superior software produc

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Test

2010-08-19 Thread Martin Owens
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 08:07 -0700, Ian Ross wrote: > Test Yes, did you get the response email? -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-18 Thread Martin Owens
Because argument and debate aren't a waste of time so long as we're learning. On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 10:07 -0400, Andy Watson wrote: > What do you do to help the marketing team? Maybe I can help. http://doctormo.org/2010/08/18/reasons-to-love-ubuntu/ -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-mark

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-18 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 01:17 -0400, Andy Watson wrote: > If you want to make money, sell it. If you want contributors, focus on > people that will contribute. Ah, do you equate selling with proprietary? Another maddening myth that seems to be put about far too often to dull the understanding of fos

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 23

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:24 +0900, Bryan Ogden wrote: > It sucks, I agree. But upon introduction to the website and forums, > there are plenty of opportunities to introduce them to ways to help. > I just don't think it should be in the initial message! You think of only material contribution, th

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 23

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:06 +0900, Bryan Ogden wrote: > When most people buy something, they want to buy something that works. Forgetting of course the nature of what makes it work and what will ensure it continues to work in the future. *sigh* Yea, missing a bit. -- ubuntu-marketing mailing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 23

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 11:36 +0900, Bryan Ogden wrote: > By marketing FOSS in general, I think that we have a lot more to lose > than to gain, because of the confusion still associated with it. Most > people are still not sure what to think about something that is free > (at least in my experience)

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 20:14 -0400, Andy Watson wrote: > I don't want to alarm anyone but a lot of people aren't programmers, > designers, translators or want to be helpful in anyway. After all, it > is just an operating system. A lot of people don't care about their > OS. > > If you go and start

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 18:26 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > I'm sorry. I just hope there were more active projects on the list. > idk the wiki has a long way to go before it becomes a decent tool. *sigh* So why did you complain about not writing these things down? Your not prepared to help fix

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 17:14 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > I don't want to repeat the same things but unless we set these kind of > things straight and record the conclusions somewhere, these > discussions are meaningless, even if you two decided on one point or > another, what are you going to d

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] alive-ness?

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
Sure it is. On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 11:54 -0700, Randall Ross wrote: > > I've seen some posts on the archives that apparently haven't been sent > out as individual messages... Is this list alive and well? > > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 56, Issue 20

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 21:46 +0900, Bryan Ogden wrote: > I'm actually shocked that this is an argument at all. Marketing teams > market their products, not anyone else's. You don't see McDonalds > marketing for the "farmers" that raise the cattle where they get their > beef. They market solutions

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] success brings responsibility

2010-08-16 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 19:07 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > > However Ubuntu doesn't even have a clear mission, I mean "a OS for > everybody in any language" sounds great but it's totally flawed, first > because it's not a lot more accessible than any other OS and second > because the other OS ar

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] success brings responsibility

2010-08-16 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 20:06 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > Yes, but we are still talking about marketing, aren't we? Humans are > social animals, yes. That's why Ubuntu has Facebook, Twitter and > integration with peoples favorite IM built right into it. That's what > most people care about

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] success brings responsibility

2010-08-16 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:01 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Yes, but I think it's easier to sell instant gratification than it is > to sell the long term benefits of altruism. Humanism isn't a long term consideration, it's just how we're built to work. Humans are social animals and there are m

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] success brings responsibility

2010-08-16 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 09:21 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Our marketing should not be about giving thanks to all the great > contributors and distributors of free software. Is should be about > answering the one question that matters: "What's in it for me?" Or just "What is this?", I'm a le

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] success brings responsibility

2010-08-15 Thread Martin Owens
On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 22:41 +0530, shankara wrote: > All different Linux distributions are part of a same ecosystem and we > need to stress on that in our marketing exercise. Success of ubuntu is > the success of GnU/linux as a whole. I agree but with more. It's the success of Free and Open Sourc

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Canonical Design Toolkit

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Andy, This is actually something I meant to bring up sooner. The design guidelines and toolkit are a really interesting baseline for the visual and stylistic facets to the mission here. We still need to pad fill in the blanks on the other facets, but it's a great resources. Martin, On Sat,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The 5 principles to promote Ubuntu

2010-08-13 Thread Martin Owens
Thanks Jo, That was a great list of things and well put. Martin, On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 18:28 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > On 11 August 2010 05:48, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > > And also what would be the does and don'ts for marketing. > > > 1. Almost anyone you're addressing will have W

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The First Step to Solving a Problem Is Recognizing We Have a Problem

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 12:03 +1200, Tim McNamara wrote: > Two need to think about: > > 1) what result would a successful marketing campaign bring? 2) who are > we marketing to? > > A target market of 'the world' makes life really difficult for no > money. Where should the campaign focus its atte

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The 5 principles to promote Ubuntu

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 18:30 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > We appear to have (tens of) thousands of disjointed "micro marketing" > efforts dispersed around the globe. No central voice. No > common messaging. No specific goal(s) other than the nebulous one > to "spread Ubuntu". (recently posted

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Owens
Can we use a scratch pad to start off with and then perhaps move to something more structured later? I really liked the gplv3 comments software, I thought that was very cool, but it's hard to find/setup. I'm not using the right language in searches, can anyone else find some web software which allo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Instill the Need

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Randall, On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 13:53 -0700, Randall Ross wrote: > - print (magazines, newspapers, etc.) > - online placements (e.g. Google Ads) ... > - splash-screens on pre-installed systems (e.g. Ubuntu Light) > - product co-branding (e.g. an ad on another product) > > Rather than pick favo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Instill the Need

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Lisandro, On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 10:55 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > Is anyone willing to help to make and organize marketing material? People already are organising around spread ubuntu and locos. These centers of activity are a good candidate. Add in the new Ubuntu brand guidelines and w

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Instill the Need

2010-08-09 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Roscoe, On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 21:33 -0700, Roscoe wrote: > I still say that until there is the Ubuntu ad that pops up on the > television set whilst *joe public* is watching it, we will be fighting > a > constant uphill battle. Because it wouldn't work. Even if we had a perfect advert that wa

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #205

2010-08-09 Thread Martin Owens
Thanks Amber! On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 18:53 -0400, Amber Graner wrote: > The new edition of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is now available here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue205 > > -- > Amber Graner//akgraner// > http://akgraner.com/ > http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-09 Thread Martin Owens
thanks for reading :-) On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:44 -0300, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > We could create a site for "the guide" on facebook where everyone > would register, there everyone could see THE guideline and we would > post news about Ubuntu every admin or radio owner could use on their > own m

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-09 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 17:51 +, alan c wrote: > Do you have a link Martin? Oh a whole bunch of things and thoughts on the blog, Randall's been posting links all week, but here is a basic collection: http://doctormo.org/2010/05/22/ubuntus-golden-ring/ http://doctormo.org/2010/05/21/adoption-cas

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Ubuntu

2010-08-08 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Lisandro, I don't think it's just that we haven't volunteers, I think that' the wrong way to look at the problem. We do actually have lots of people doing lots of different things. The key is that they're rarely talking to each other about what their doing. The other people, people in LoCo g

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Campaign across social networks - redesign of Facebook's page

2010-08-07 Thread Martin Owens
There's no mention of Free and Open Source Software either, it's probably a practicalist marketing point. Martin, On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 10:43 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: > There's no mention of the words "open source" anywhere. Is this > intentional? -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-mark

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] This List Still alive?

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Owens
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 09:16 +, alan c wrote: > I prefer 'software libre' or even 'Freedom Software'. However the > floss culture is well established and keeps on saying 'free'. > > We are now, you and I, two persons trying to persuade not only a > world > full of Windows users to change th

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] This List Still alive?

2010-08-05 Thread Martin Owens
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 22:53 +, alan c wrote: > On 05/08/10 22:11, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > Free is a choice of word which, in English, is unfortunately > ambiguous. Also everybody knows there is no such thing as a free > lunch. Don't they? I DO know that Ubuntu (and FOSS) is different, a

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] This List Still alive?

2010-08-04 Thread Martin Owens
Sure, communication of marketing schemes and other interesting information. When it happens. On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 12:59 -0600, supp...@buntfu.com wrote: > The mailing list seems dead. Is it still alive. Does it serve a purpose > still? > > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing

[ubuntu-marketing] Golden Circle and Adoption Curves

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Owens
Hey everyone, I've recently blogged about two interesting marketing concepts, one which Mark touched upon in his key note at UDS and the other based on an interesting TedTalk: http://doctormo.org/2010/05/21/adoption-casm/ http://doctormo.org/2010/05/22/ubuntus-golden-ring/ I'd just like to bring

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] 10.10.10

2010-05-11 Thread Martin Owens
I don't believe Mark is suggesting the idea as a "Mass Market" marketing strategy at all, I think it's more of a nod to existing geeks who work on and within the community. And in that way i think it works. Martin, On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 13:36 +0200, Christophe Sauthier (Huats) wrote: > On Tue, M

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] 10.10.10

2010-05-11 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Mark, I'm a big fan of Douglas Adams' work, his H2G2 is at least 10 times more important than Doctor Who (which he also wrote for) and I was geek happy to see the references in the keynote. Compared to Grunthos the Flatulent's disappointing reading of his infamous poem "Ode To A Small Lump Of

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] CD 10.04 artwork

2010-04-12 Thread Martin Owens
If your going to be making a French CD, why don't you make your own artwork but in this same style? It's all basic shapes, not difficult to recreate in inkscape svg. Martin, On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 13:11 +0200, olive wrote: > hello, > > Who knows the date when the new artwork files will be publis

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Where can I find new official logo?

2010-04-05 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 12:21 +0200, Tord Jansson wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find the new official logo in high-quality > vector format? Down an unofficial version here: http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/My-new-Ubuntu-Member-Cards-157179509 SVG is available from the download link on t

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-10 Thread Martin Owens
Hey John, Your email was very positive and I liked the tone, but... On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 11:06 -0600, John Vilsack wrote: > DRM as a concept is not inherently bad. Its simply poor > implementations we've seen up to this point and how its been co-opted > by media conglomerates that force us as a

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [ubuntu-us-ma] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-09 Thread Martin Owens
You need to define if you mean examples, description or one liners. I'm confused. On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 19:18 -0500, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > Spreading the ideals of FOSS is a bit difficult when we have to > explain how our tools respect freedom and why peer-review and our > methods create bette

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Use of term "brand" versus "identity"

2010-03-08 Thread Martin Owens
e talking about is how good the machines are. Perhaps that's the way it always has to be, but I was fairly sure the industrial revolution resonated with the enlightenment values. Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Use of term "brand" versus "identity"

2010-03-08 Thread Martin Owens
o longer in coherent agreement with the Canonical's Ubuntu brand message? Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? (jared)

2010-02-08 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 09:50 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > All the talk about doing something similar to the "I'm a Mac/PC" ads > sadden me to no end. That's the way to go if you want to send a message > of: we are also-rans, clones that are dependent on the big ones showing > us what to emulate,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? (jared)

2010-02-07 Thread Martin Owens
Interestingly when you look at the adverts for both companies you find an interesting pattern. Often a leading brand / product doesn't need to reference it's competition, it just goes along with "We're awesome, and everyone knows it" The second fiddle is often comparing it's self to the market le

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Martin Owens
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 10:26 -0600, John Vilsack wrote: > Great idea, but the question nobody seems to be asking is "Why?" Because it's not been done before, and it needs trying. Your assertions are based on opinion as much as anyone elses until it's been tried. Martin, P.S. nice job hero --

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Liam, It's an excellent idea, can we host the videos on blip.tv ? I ask only because it supports ogg, isn't so keen on deleting works using fair use free speech and is generally a more wholesome video site? If you can put together something, I'm sure I could get my wife involved. She's the mo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating an Ubuntu TV advert

2010-02-01 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:16 -0700, jared prins wrote: > I'll agree it is ideal to have an experienced Producer, the right > equipment and fantastic filmography, but given movies like Paranormal > Activity and Blair Witch Project have been made for dirt cheap, I'm > not convinced those things are r

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating an Ubuntu TV advert

2010-01-31 Thread Martin Owens
We've looked into it here in Boston, The first part is development, you need to make an advert which is well produced and attractive and that's no easy task, designers and marketers are needed really. But I'm sure loco people would understand the wants of people through their experiences too. The

[ubuntu-marketing] Radio Interview

2009-12-01 Thread Martin Owens
gards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [ubuntu-us-ma] Can Ubuntu reach over 16, 000 anime lovers in April?

2009-11-24 Thread Martin Owens
event. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 20:12 -0500, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > We, the Ubuntu MA LoCo are organizing a booth at the upcoming 2010 > Anime Boston convention and need support-- Please spread the word! > > > http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2009/11/can

[ubuntu-marketing] Spread Ubuntu

2009-11-03 Thread Martin Owens
t UDS is anyone else is going. More community involvement, better tools, more reasons for visiting and contributing to the spread ubutnu website. So far I see it as our best focus point for the Ubuntu Marketing group. Best Regards, Martin Owens > 2009/11/3 Rubén Romero y Cordero : > > Go Jo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-11-02 Thread Martin Owens
ple's Thoughts? Now I'll just catch the ULCP meeting. Martin, On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 23:30 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/22 Martin Owens : > > If you feel there is such a problem and it can't be reconciled, then > > we'll call a meeting. How does Monday 2nd Novem

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu on the BBC

2009-10-27 Thread Martin Owens
Very interesting, I wonder how much of this willingness was the number of official complaints. It looked like a fairly balanced review, I'm sure Chris was about to mention wine after he said it didn't run windows programs. But it's not that much of a big deal, perhaps it's better to just say it d

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet, again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-10-22 Thread Martin Owens
There you go. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/458286 On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 08:43 -0700, Randall Ross wrote: > This issue is a good candidate for the (underused) Community Bug > Reporting area in Launchpad. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+filebug > > Can someone

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-10-22 Thread Martin Owens
Hey John, First, please don't post giant text. Or if you do, make all of your text giant. :-) On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:36 -0500, John Vilsack wrote: > Thanks for the offer. I'm not looking to throw anyone under the bus > about what occurred. It was just all standard fare if you are used to > t

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-10-21 Thread Martin Owens
Hey John, On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 10:46 -0500, John Vilsack wrote: > It saddens me because Ubuntu is a dominant product that could be so > much more if the grassroots movement would allow itself to have > direction. But after years of infighting in politics and other open > source products, I didn

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-10-20 Thread Martin Owens
ddit > link: http://www.reddit.com/tb/9w23y/ original > link: > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20091020050110241). > If you're in support of this idea, just pass on any simple actions you come > across to the list. There's also this nifty ac

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1

2009-08-03 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 19:27 +0100, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Also I can't dedicate any more time to the project, it already takes > up several weekends each month, every month, so I can't really alter > my work-flow too much... Sounds like your going to have to if you want it to take up less time. F

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1

2009-08-03 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Ronnie, On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 16:46 +0100, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > I've tried several times to find people to maintain an HTML version of > FCM but no-one wants to take it on. It'd be quite a job, there's no > doubt about that. > > The PDF should work on older machines, try making it full scre

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu countdown banner

2009-06-24 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Rafik, "It's here", What's here? It says Ubuntu right? Even if after a while it became a generic "Ubuntu 9.04" Button, that would be useful. Martin, On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 14:42 +0100, Rafik Ouerchefani wrote: > Hello, > > Like many others, I have the Ubuntu countdown banner[1] on my blog

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] News Wire Services

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Owens
ghts on how to make this happen for Karmic? We're going to need concrete prices and some really good press release writers, I have one or two here who are awesome if required. Regards, Martin Owens -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or u

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Help Needed in Marketing, Maldives Open Source Society

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Owens
Can I point to this: http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/foss-understanding-foss-visual-guide/ It may allow you to describe FOSS Regards, Martin On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 16:11 +0500, Yusuf Abdulla Shunan wrote: > Hi > > I am writing on behalf of a small group in the Maldives who are > active

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] LoCos sharing Ubuntu promotion

2009-05-29 Thread Martin Owens
Yes, lets do this thing, Ubuntu Massachusetts. On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 17:17 +0200, Rubén Romero y Cordero wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Rubén Romero y Cordero > Date: 2009/5/29 > Subject: Re: LoCos sharing Ubuntu promotion > To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo)

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] IdeaStorm Ideas

2007-12-04 Thread Martin Owens
> Hopefully they are using their clout to push on manufacturers but > ultimately all open drivers are not very realistic in the near future. You should condition that: "ultimately all open drivers supported by the hardware manufacturer are not very realistic in the near future." Having all open d

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Some Marketing Media

2006-06-28 Thread Martin Owens
An update to you all: I did revise the media art work for dapper (link is bellow)On 30 Apr 2006, at 23:44, Andrew wrote:http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drmo/ubuntu/ -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Materials

2006-05-07 Thread Martin Owens
Thanks all! I can see why I didn't find it before now. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Sun, 07 May 2006 11:44:58 +1000 , Pascal Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 23:50 +0100, Martin Owens wrote: >> I've just checked, and there is no mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Materials

2006-05-06 Thread Martin Owens
tu-art team? I would have thought this >may be rolled into the art team, at least someone there may be able to help? > >Cheers, > >Martin Owens wrote: >> OK so I did not get any responses for my design team question. so who are >> the best people to ask about things

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu CDs through ShipIt

2006-05-04 Thread Martin Owens
Could you tell me how the design team is organised for creating these media? I would like to get involved, share my production skills and existing resources. On Thu, 04 May 2006 19:15:55 +0200 , Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Op do, 04-05-2006 te 11:23 +0100, schreef Jane Silber: >> The

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Recommended or Compatible Hardware Specifications For Ubuntu-Linux

2006-05-02 Thread Martin Owens
For this functionality you want a localised (to the market level) database of what works, so that everyone in that market can share their research results. On Tue, 02 May 2006 09:04:55 +1000 , Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote: >> Dear Colleagues, >> One thing that is ser

Re: [Fwd: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Some Marketing Media]

2006-04-30 Thread Martin Owens
ces: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Martin Owens wrote: >Hello all, > >I have made some media which i use for me and my friends Cd's/DVDs, looks plush when you show it to family members and other windows type people ect. > >Someone on the ubuntu IRC channel recommended I show them to

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Some Marketing Media

2006-04-30 Thread Martin Owens
I agree, I think people expect a fair assessment of what is required to run the software, not just 'what you could get away with if your in a tight spot' I will increase the specs a little. On 1 May 2006, at 03:22, Andrew wrote: Martin Owens wrote: To be honest I think I got the

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Some Marketing Media

2006-04-30 Thread Martin Owens
runs but only _just_. that's why I ordered her new pc in parts this weekend (being a good brother). Best Regards, Martin Owens On Mon, 01 May 2006 08:44:59 +1000 , Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Martin Owens wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have made some medi

[ubuntu-marketing] Some Marketing Media

2006-04-30 Thread Martin Owens
I've collated it all and polished it up. let me know what you think: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drmo/ubuntu/ Best Regards, Martin Owens -- ## #::.. http://www.doctormo.co.uk/ ..::# ## -- ubuntu-marketing ma